Securing Home Routers

Cybercriminals can turn unsecure home routers into slaves for their botnets or even abuse them to steal banking credentials. Know about your router’s hidden weaknesses and the many ways you can defend your homes and businesses against these threats.

Routers are the gateways to all internet-connected devices in homes. They could also be potentially welcoming a bevy of home network threats risking users’ information and security. Here we review the most noteworthy home network security events of 2017.

Cybercriminals can turn unsecure home routers into slaves for their botnets or even abuse them to steal banking credentials. Know about your router’s hidden weaknesses and the many ways you can defend your homes and businesses against these threats.

The emergence of IoT botnets brought to the fore the importance of securing IoT devices and routers. These devices can turn into zombies and become part of the botnets, which can then be used to perpetrate DDoS attacks.

Home networking devices are often fraught with weak security systems. Given these security holes, attackers could gain access to your network and devices through your router. Here are a few things you can do to secure it.